Kim Sajet, the longtime former Director of the National Portrait Gallery who is alleged to have backed left-wing policies, has finally decided to step down, two weeks after President Donald Trump announced he was firing her. Trump called the director a “highly partisan person” and a “strong supporter of DEI” in a May 30 Truth Social […]

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A German bio-tech company has developed a naturally-occurring enzyme discovered in a cemetery into a near-market ready solution for recycling plastic without any loss of quality. In 2022, GNN reported on a paper published by Leipzig-based scientists who first identified the enzyme. At the time, the enzyme was subject to a small side-by-side test, and […] The post Plastic-Recycling Enzyme Discovered in Compost Heap Close to Commercialization Through German Startup appeared first on Good News Network.

News In Your Dreams Two Siblings Want to Change Reality in Netflix’s In Your Dreams It’s all fun and games until the nightmares start. By Molly Templeton | Published on June 13, 2025 Image: Netflix © 2024 Comment 0 Share New Share Image: Netflix © 2024 Be careful what you wish for—or dream about. Netflix has just released a first teaser for In Your Dreams, an animated feature about two siblings who go venturing off into the world of dreams in search of a Sandman who grants wishes. But dreams, of course, have their natural counterpart: nightmares. This synopsis kinda had me at “zombie breakfast foods,” to be honest: In Your Dreams is a comedy adventure about Stevie and her brother Elliot who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams. If the siblings can withstand a snarky stuffed giraffe, zombie breakfast foods, and the queen of nightmares, the Sandman will grant them their ultimate dream come true…the perfect family. Jolie Hoang-Rappaport voices Stevie; Elias Janssen is Elliot. The movie also stars the voices of Craig Robinson (as Elliot’s beloved stuffed giraffe, Baloney Tony), Cristin Milioti as the kids’ mom, Simu Liu as their dad, Gia Carides as Nightmara, Omid Djalili as the Sandman, SungWon Cho as Chad, and Zachary Noah Piser as Joon Bae. In Your Dreams is written and directed by Alex Woo (Go! Go! Cory Carson) and Erik Benson (one of the writers of The Good Dinosaur). It’s on Netflix November 14th.[end-mark] The post Two Siblings Want to Change Reality in Netflix’s <i>In Your Dreams</i> appeared first on Reactor.

News The Institute The Institute Will Recruit You Whether You Like It or Not Being a kid in a Stephen King story is always such a good time. By Molly Templeton | Published on June 13, 2025 Image: Chris Reardon/MGM+ Comment 0 Share New Share Image: Chris Reardon/MGM+ Many adaptations are announced and never heard of again—but not when the source material is a Stephen King novel. The Institute was announced just shy of a year ago, its excellent cast already set. Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) and Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) star alongside newcomer Joe Freeman in this story of child prodigies kidnapped and put to work saving the world—with or without their consent. At least, that’s how it looks in this trailer, which King himself shared on YouTube. Here’s the series synopsis: The Institute follows the story of teen genius Luke Ellis (Freeman), who is kidnapped and awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson (Barnes) has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide. This adaptation comes from director/executive producer Jack Bender (Lost, From) and writer Benjamin Cavell—who also co-created the recent adaptation of King’s The Stand. The rest of the cast includes Simone Miller, Fionn Laird, Hannah Galway, Julian Richings, Robert Joy, and Martin Roach. The Institute premieres July 13th on MGM+.[end-mark] The post <i>The Institute</i> Will Recruit You Whether You Like It or Not appeared first on Reactor.

News A Minecraft Movie A Minecraft Movie Heads to Streaming, Including an American Sign Language Version Could we possibly have more sign language releases for TV and film? Now, please? By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on June 13, 2025 Credit: Warner Bros. Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Warner Bros. The feature adaptation of the video game Minecraft, accurately titled A Minecraft Movie, cleaned up at the box office, making over $950 million worldwide since it’s release date in early April. The movie is now finally making its way to streaming, and will be available on HBO Max starting on June 20, 2025. In addition to hearing Jack Black say chicken jockey on your television set (over and over and over, if you or the child in your life so desires), there will also be a version of the film released with Sophia Morales (Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice with ASL) interpreting in American Sign Language. (Why they don’t do this for every movie, I don’t know, but good to see it happening here!) In case you missed the deal with A Minecraft Movie the first time around, here’s the synopsis: Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Jack Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world. The movie is directed by Jared Hess, with a script worked on by a lot of writers, including Chris Bowman & Hubbel Palmer and Neil Widener & Gavin James, and Chris Galletta. In addition to being available to stream on HBO Max staring June 20, 2025, the movie will also air on HBO, the channel, on June 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET. While we wait, check out the American Sign Language version of the trailer below.[end-mark] The post <i>A Minecraft Movie</i> Heads to Streaming, Including an American Sign Language Version appeared first on Reactor.

News revival You Can Watch the First Episode of SYFY’s Revival on YouTube The comic book adaptation premiered on the SYFY channel last night. By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on June 13, 2025 Photo by: Naomi Peters/Lavivier Productions/SYFY Comment 0 Share New Share Photo by: Naomi Peters/Lavivier Productions/SYFY SYFY’s latest show Revival, an adaptation of the comic by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton that stars Melanie Scrofano (Wynonna Earp, Strange New Worlds) premiered on the network last night. If you’re curious about the show and want to check it out, but missed its airing, I’ve got good news for you: SYFY currently has the first full episode, “Don’t Tell Dad,” up on their YouTube channel, available for anyone to watch at their leisure. Here’s the official synopsis for the show, which should sound familiar to readers of the comic: On one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin, the recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves. But this is no zombie story as the “revived” appear and act just like they once were. When local Officer and single mother Dana Cypress (Scrofano) is unexpectedly thrown into the center of a brutal murder mystery of her own, she’s left to make sense of the chaos amidst a town gripped by fear and confusion where everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect.  Based on an interview I had with co-showrunners Luke Boyce and Aaron B. Koontz, the TV series will also surprise those who know the source material. “I think when people get to the end of season one, they’re going to be like, ‘Whoa! Wait a minute! What are we doing here?’” Boyce told me. Ready to be surprised and/or see Scrofano kick ass? Check out the first full episode of Revival below.[end-mark] The post You Can Watch the First Episode of SYFY’s <i>Revival</i> on YouTube appeared first on Reactor.

As tensions escalate in the Middle East after Israeli strikes targeted Iranian military and nuclear sites, Heritage Foundation experts hit the airwaves Friday to discuss the latest developments. Victoria Coates, vice president of Heritage’s Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, discussed the conflict on “Fox & Friends First” with Carley Shimkus and Todd Piro. “We are materially closer to enforcing President @realDonaldTrump's red line.”As Israel launches strikes on Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure, @VictoriaCoates reaffirms President Trump’s long-standing stance: Iran must not obtain a nuclear weapon. pic.twitter.com/H0skpjIQ8a— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 13, 2025 Her interview transcript has been lightly edited. Carley Shimkus: What do you think the outcome will be? Did Israel set Iran’s nuclear program back years, decades? Could it have been eliminated entirely in this?   Victoria Coates: The critical thing for the American people waking up this morning is that we are materially closer to enforcing President Trump’s red line: that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. It’s very simple. He reiterated it to Brett [Baier] last night. This regime, that chants “Death to America and death to Israel,” can’t have a nuclear weapon. And he did everything by the book.   During the Biden administration, we had appeasement. We had this advancement in their nuclear program. That is all on them for allowing that to happen.   But [Trump] wrote a letter to the supreme leader. He engaged in negotiations. The Iranians are the ones who kept saying no.   Last night, the Israelis took action into their own hands. The administration was clear we did not participate in this. The Israelis really did take material steps to degrading that nuclear program, despite the fact that we have stated repeatedly that we did not participate in this.  Todd Piro: Do you expect Iran to retaliate against us?  Coates: That’s always possible.   But I think what we also saw last night is how vulnerable Iran is. They could do nothing.   Two hundred Israeli planes flew hundreds of miles and hit 100 targets all over Iran, not just in Tehran, but in their nuclear sites as well.   [Iran is] somewhat limited in what they can do. They fired off about 100 drones. Israel seems pretty confident they can shoot those down. We will probably have a role in supporting Israel, in case Iran does something bigger.   But from a historical perspective, Iran generally backs down when you take strong action against them, be it Operation Praying Mantis, for example, under President Reagan in 1988. In 2020, when President Trump rightly took out Qasem Soleimani, whose successor also was taken out last night, the head of the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp], they really didn’t push back hard.   What we have to do is be very vigilant now, very concerned. Secretary [of Defense Pete] Hegseth said all of our contingencies were being attended to in the region and beyond in case of Iranian retaliation.   But I think we can also trust the Israelis to have a handle on this.   Shimkus:  Israel’s spy agency, Mossad, was conducting operations inside Iran, including hunting for leadership targets in Tehran. That means that when it comes to Iranian leadership, they are once again reminded that no one is safe.   Coates: Exactly. The Israelis are just saying, “We can reach out and touch you whenever we want to.”   The other critical thing is how much Israel has done since Oct. 7 to degrade Iran’s other tools in the region—for example, Hezbollah, Hamas, the Assad regime in Syria. These things are all gone for Israel.  This notion of this huge regional conflagration, the seven-front war, Israel has done the hard work to prevent that from happening, from not dragging the United States into a war, and now not to face the same kinds of tools they would have faced two years ago in the event that this had been necessary.   That is another really important part of this picture. They’re not as concerned about all of the precision-guided missiles that used to be targeted at them out of Lebanon.   Those are gone now, due to these kinds of very dramatic operations that we’re seeing the Mossad conduct in Iran today.   Piro: Will Iran be able to complete its nuclear program and get a weaponized nuke in light of the fact that six scientists were wiped out last night? Do they have the personnel to complete their mission?  Coates: It’s certainly much harder now.   Israel is looking at this holistically. Yes, they want to damage the infrastructure and the missiles and the missile defense and the terrorist proxies but also take out the scientists. Iran has had every opportunity to prevent this from happening. If they really didn’t want a nuclear weapon, why wouldn’t they have welcomed the inspectors? Why wouldn’t they have opened up these scientists to the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency], to investigations of what they’re up to?  They could have avoided all of this. President Trump has offered them so many off-ramps, and they are the ones who said no. They are the ones who brought this on themselves.   They’re going to have a much harder time putting it back together without that kind of technical expertise that was eradicated last night. The post Israel Expert Forecasts Iran’s Next Move appeared first on The Daily Signal.

A man heard meows coming from a nearby basement and later came out with a tiny kitten in his arms. UmamiWhiskers-a-GoGoSam, who had just returned from exploring caves, heard a cat meowing from an abandoned basement on his block. Without hesitation, he went in to investigate.As he traced the source of the meows, he noticed a tiny ball of fur, no bigger than a small loaf of bread, toddling about. As he approached the kitten, her cry for help grew louder. "We think she was born there, and her mom was weaning her, but she was too tiny to figure out how to get out of the basement," Delilah, Sam's friend, shared with Love Meow.At only four weeks old and three-quarters of a pound, the kitten, Umami, was determined to thrive. She was found alone in an abandoned basementWhiskers-a-GoGoThanks to her rescuer, Sam, she was safely scooped out of the basement. With no sign of the mother cat, Delilah contacted her rescue, Whiskers-a-GoGo, and with their support, she welcomed Umami into her home as her 49th foster."I am grateful to Whiskers-a-GoGo for not hesitating to take on Umami and to Sam for asking me for my help. Umami was fearless and leaned into cuddles immediately." She was tiny but mighty in spiritWhiskers-a-GoGoShortly after arriving, Umami made herself right at home, nestling into her foster mom's arms for some much-needed TLC. She might not be the most vocal kitten, but she more than made up for it with her larger-than-life personality."She's a very funny and charming cat who enjoys getting into classic goofy kitten hijinks." She leaned into cuddles immediatelyWhiskers-a-GoGoWithin days, she transformed into the ultimate lap cat, wriggling happily, hugging her foster mom's leg, and bursting with joy. "She loves noisy toys, has a bottomless appetite, and wants to be wherever you are."Every week, she grew bigger, stronger, and sillier than ever. Her playful and goofy side quickly emergedWhiskers-a-GoGoAfter darting around the room and playing to her heart's content, she'd eventually tuck herself in her foster mom's hoodie, seeking that perfect cozy spot. For all the fun the toys and space could offer, nothing compared to the joy of cuddling up with her human.She makes the sweetest sidekick, brimming with confidence and acting like she's got the world all figured out. Whiskers-a-GoGoOnce she was ready to explore the house and meet the resident animals, she claimed every corner as her own. Despite her tiny size, she strutted around like she was in charge, and her presence filled every room.She climbed onto the couch and instantly proclaimed it as her throne. Whiskers-a-GoGoNow that she feels safe and loved, she's truly blossomed. She likes racing after her toys, wrestling them with all her might. With her adventurous, intrepid spirit, she explores every nook and cranny and tackles anything that crosses her path."At the end of the day, she always loved to stay close to me like a lovely little shadow." She is very playful and has a big personalityWhiskers-a-GoGoShe isn't intimidated by the resident canine towering over her and is eager to befriend them all."She loves to play with my dog's ears and tail, and after she left quarantine, she fearlessly has been pouncing on my much older and bigger cat." She adores the resident animalsWhiskers-a-GoGo"It's been about five weeks of non-stop fun with the cutest little girl I have ever seen."Umami has flourished from a tiny basement kitten into a confident ruler of the house, delighting everyone with her endless antics and playful energy. Whiskers-a-GoGoShare this story with your friends. To learn more about Umami and Whiskers-a-GoGo on Instagram and Facebook.Related story: Cat Thought to Be a 7-Week-Old Kitten When Found Along the Road but Turns Out She's Much Older